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Why go indie?
I've come to indie authorship late in my writing career, and although it has its drawbacks compared with conventional publishing (they take care of a lot of the hard stuff for you), there are also things to love about it. In particular, having control over the interval between finishing a manuscript and ordering the paperback or kindle edition on amazon means everything at my age. Everything. As an indie author I am not under contract to produce one book per year, no more, no less, I'm free to keep as many projects afloat as I can keep track of. I am currently working on a book of essays, a book of mostly essays, and the golden anniversary re-issue of a study on early autobiographies of women. They will be published as soon as I am satisfied that they meet my own standards and in order of completion. If you'd like to be notified when they are available, please message me through this website.
What's next?
MY YEAR OF TURNING EIGHTY: COLLECTED ESSAYS
My Year of Turning Eighty is a mashup of a 28-day love letter to the month of February, a series of little epiphanies that capture my current outlook on life, and various other essays in need of being collected. If you've read my pandemic book of essays on Project Diana and my Jersey Shore childhood, you already know what you're getting into here. The narrative essay, often in the form of a memoir, feels just about right to me at this point in my life. It lets me say what I need to say about a broad range of topics--sometimes in just a handful of sentences, sometimes in quite a lot of them--and then keep right on moving. After all, now that I'm eighty, it's time to get to the point if ever I'm going to.
My Year of Turning Eighty is a mashup of a 28-day love letter to the month of February, a series of little epiphanies that capture my current outlook on life, and various other essays in need of being collected. If you've read my pandemic book of essays on Project Diana and my Jersey Shore childhood, you already know what you're getting into here. The narrative essay, often in the form of a memoir, feels just about right to me at this point in my life. It lets me say what I need to say about a broad range of topics--sometimes in just a handful of sentences, sometimes in quite a lot of them--and then keep right on moving. After all, now that I'm eighty, it's time to get to the point if ever I'm going to.
SWINGING FROM THE BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY TREE
Swinging Through the Branches of the Family Tree is devoted to ancestor stories, the kind I hope will inspire my readers to take a closer look at their own family history—stories about surviving a shipwreck, about being orphaned by the great influenza epidemic, about being cursed by someone subsequently tried for witchcraft. Most are freestanding essays, but a few involve a series of stories clustering around a common theme—about how my mother-in-law kept her husband’s medical practice afloat while he was in Italy during World War II, for example, and about how I finally made my peace with the Orthodox Jewish ancestors who disowned my grandfather for marrying my Episcopalian grandmother. Bonus: I'm planning to include a few recipes representing the different branches of my family.
Swinging Through the Branches of the Family Tree is devoted to ancestor stories, the kind I hope will inspire my readers to take a closer look at their own family history—stories about surviving a shipwreck, about being orphaned by the great influenza epidemic, about being cursed by someone subsequently tried for witchcraft. Most are freestanding essays, but a few involve a series of stories clustering around a common theme—about how my mother-in-law kept her husband’s medical practice afloat while he was in Italy during World War II, for example, and about how I finally made my peace with the Orthodox Jewish ancestors who disowned my grandfather for marrying my Episcopalian grandmother. Bonus: I'm planning to include a few recipes representing the different branches of my family.
"RESIGNING THE NEEDLE FOR THE PEN"
I'm also working on the Golden Anniversary edition of my 1974 study of early autobiographical writings of British women. The title is derived from a frequently-used metaphor involving the competing claims of a signature women's tool and a more gender-neutral implement of self-expression.
The book started life as my doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania The topic-was almost completely uncharted territory at the time, and despite its humble beginnings, it eventually developed a bit of a cult following. It has now been downloaded hundreds of times from the Penn Libraries Scholarly Commons.
Nearly fifty years later, through the miracle of indie publishing, I am able to provide the convenience and portability of a paperback version at a modest price. Watch for it later in 2023.
For a sneak peak at the Preface to the new edition, go to my blog entry for January 19, 2023.
I'm also working on the Golden Anniversary edition of my 1974 study of early autobiographical writings of British women. The title is derived from a frequently-used metaphor involving the competing claims of a signature women's tool and a more gender-neutral implement of self-expression.
The book started life as my doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania The topic-was almost completely uncharted territory at the time, and despite its humble beginnings, it eventually developed a bit of a cult following. It has now been downloaded hundreds of times from the Penn Libraries Scholarly Commons.
Nearly fifty years later, through the miracle of indie publishing, I am able to provide the convenience and portability of a paperback version at a modest price. Watch for it later in 2023.
For a sneak peak at the Preface to the new edition, go to my blog entry for January 19, 2023.
Looking for something to read right now?
TO THE MOON AND BACK:
Essays on the Life and Times of Project Diana
Essay lovers, click here for more information about my pandemic project, my 2021 book on Project Diana, the Army's successful effort to bounce radio waves off the moon in 1946. I've tried to include something for everyone--not only extensive information on Project Diana but on my father, Scientific Director of the Project Diana team, and on my Jersey Shore childhood. (Don't miss my ukulele, my Toni doll, and my parakeet Archie!)
Essays on the Life and Times of Project Diana
Essay lovers, click here for more information about my pandemic project, my 2021 book on Project Diana, the Army's successful effort to bounce radio waves off the moon in 1946. I've tried to include something for everyone--not only extensive information on Project Diana but on my father, Scientific Director of the Project Diana team, and on my Jersey Shore childhood. (Don't miss my ukulele, my Toni doll, and my parakeet Archie!)